Water-cooling apparatus for automobile-radiators.



Or H.'TOWER.

WATER COOLING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS. APPLICATION FILED FEB.19,1913.

1,1 16,169. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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Application filed February 19, mm. Bevin! no. #18300.

' To alt whom it may comern -llo known thut I, Cunnnno ill. illoivnu, a citizen of the ljlnitod States of iiilneriun, and rcuideot ot Holyohe, in the county of llnmoden nud liitnte of lvlnoenchusetts, hnvo' invented eertnin new and useful improve- ;ments in Nuter-Uooling Appnrotue for Autoiuohile-lihidiutors, of which tho following is :1 full, clenr, and exact deruzriptioiu.

This invon'tiou pertains to nupplizinces pro ruled in conjunction with tho rudintor "which in ii ipurtennnt to the oirculutory 'ivnter cooling uppurutus for the ongino oyliulers of no uutomohilo, the ohioot thoroof wing to inure: on tho oiiicieuoy or cooling onpncity oi the system.

filtltiibi the exercise of menus ere provided whorohy the Water circulating by ronson oi the. action oi the pinup through the cimulutory nppurutus upon entering the ohuluhcr in the uppor portion of the raijlin'tor nhove tho "Water line theroiu, preferably in tl'io form of n spray, is; onoountorod by it current of air tnhm 'l'rorn tho 'iouoi. tho rndintor into the rhnn'ilu-u' in tin}. u 'ipor portion of the rudintor nod which our-rent o'i' :iir thereni ter lino an wit to tho utn'uniphori :it the upper and r uirwnrd por-- tion o the raulintor.

ill invention deoorihoiil in oonjiu'ictiou with the ureou'ipnuying drnwings nod is set forth in the ch in the drew" lligure l in n diugronn mnticnl elem n circulatory water co- 'ginorooling oppnrutno nod tho rndiutor on which luttcr tin: proeent ini irmmnents ore proviitled. '3 is: n uoctil'n nd view verti czlly and centrnlly through the upper portion of the jriuliutor with a portion oi? the oirculntory cooling apparatus in conjunction therewith and showing the novel upplizinces comprised in the presao'nt invention. Fig. 3 plan view of port of i ig. 33. Fig. l. in n horixontul, cross sectional viow on line -l---=si, Fig. 2.-

lo tho drnwing A. reprouenls tho upper portion ol? the rzidintor to the r ar of which n eoudiiiit P comprised in the circulatory witch-cooling nppuratus for the cylinders C (J of the engine loud:--:. Tho circulation of Water in mud tl'i-roughout the circulatory upporutus may be induced by a pump 1) or otherwise.

At or about the place oi connnuni cation of the conduit ll into the chumloer a, in tho upper port oi? the radiator above the northieinvention,

luul level of tho water u: therein, such conduit is provided with means to cause a seporation oi the body of tho ineoi'uing water so that it assumes the form of n spray, such means as represented in Fig. 2 consisting of n nozzle end I) of the conduit forwurdly olosod by n form'oinous wall, although other and equivalent, menus to serve the sumo purpoer may ho provided in SlllJSi'lLllljh'Hl. of the form oi nprnying nozzle shown. 'lho rudioiror ion: at its top on upstanding tubular neck (I in which n cup shaped casing lil is roinovuhly supported by the outwardly projemiog annular llnngo e at its upper cdge. The Stllil cup-a lowed casing is provided with o trnnsveruo partition f which divides it into forwardly and rearwurdly locnted conducting; chumhcn; y and h at the bottoms of hoth oi which checlr valves 2' i are provided, the mono being retained in opouwork cages or keepers: tin-rel'or,--.nid check nlves being so uppliod rolntively to the openings j at; the bottom oi the coiulucting chambers nod 1 that; while normally open they may uudor wotcr pressure he nioed to close the pnssu geu und prevent u discharge of the whim i'roin tho "ndintor upwardly through tho uir conduits: which loud into tho tops of the ouid puriitioncd chnmhcrs.

(l rciu'eswontu u rinsing cup eonnortiul hy hinge i to tho upper part of the tubular neck a for covoring the top of the cup shupod rueinm -mn oppositely lo ruled catch A2 ('ODllIHHlI, the dup in its closed position. 'iho conduit for tho entunce of air into the :lorvnrd conduit clunnher g is constituted hy thotorwmdly directed and forwnrdly opcned funnel mouthed pipe K curried hy the top and having the passage. therein extending through the. latter; and the rearwnrdly directed pipe 11 constitutes the conduit also carried by snidpipe for lending uir mitvnrdly and reurvnrdly from tho conduit cluunhcr fr. M represents n hoillc plnte depending from the middle portion of the cup-shuped portion dmvnwnrdly into the air space 1n the upper portion of the radiator. A current of uir induced in u i-cuter degree when the autoniohile truvoliuir ontoring through the 'iioruuirdly directcd funnel-mouth of the pipe K thcucc posses downwardly into and through chamber 9 and through the port therein into the air space above the normal water level in the upper portion oi tho 'ndiotor, and by the bid le plate M, its course is more v with 12 Q0 course Had. to be bro;

inconung s tars d ,1 This insures a 1:0 I, coohng e acxency J in said tubular nward no :11 M 0 c]. rmihatm. Jam's, c1 "0m u: massing, a and 3" opcnec? 1, W cc 1; u 01* W1- (rum-ant the res, like mi!) the inward 021s of Irate conduit- ,et 1'- ;1 Opatnin lemling said chambsls and a from the middle 901 gum . J, IN"! $1M: Hg vent L1 when reins cundiiin "Much carries the b2, overi'zrzrnrng 70 ope moved from 312 50 1? conductlx'uzj chzunbers, "hams If m id chamnew. 1* coverwins,

1' in the par \id radiator having 3 ()iW. 21H

l n1u'ui'fimx1 com 1. to such all" shznnbcr 21m chambers, and baffie phi;-

middle portion 0: 5 the kWnWuldljJ into 7th :1 21111 501 Me the Tndi' lmlory a {:21 E7 1 11s enters i 16 (fnznnber 131 he the rzv'iiatol'. and means far Wntm' to Liter such. chamber in sprayed me Springfield, Mass, in '2' an, said avafliutm: 111:: ing 5;- the 113 13701 1301 U tam: s ibingf Witnessen "cion thereof a, :Furvmrdly directed and for- CIZAQZ'LES TEQJVEH. WLHTULV oben funnel mouthed conduitfor air 1 enm'ance into such ail cdanibmand 21 sep mate cnnduit, for the exit of air from mid 

